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Hubble Space Telescope
A space-based observatory launched in 1990 by NASA and ESA, providing high-resolution images of astronomical objects in visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared light.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "Hubble Space Telescope"
Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
24/03/2013
Light Echoes from V838 Mon
17/03/2013
NGC 6751: The Glowing Eye Nebula
13/03/2013
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars
24/02/2013
N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
11/02/2013
Asteroids in the Distance
10/02/2013
Atlas V Launches TDRS-K
01/02/2013
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
28/01/2013
NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends
16/01/2013
NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula
19/12/2012
NGC 922: Collisional Ring Galaxy
17/12/2012
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
11/12/2012
Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A
05/12/2012
NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
18/11/2012
The Red Spider Planetary Nebula
29/10/2012
The Hubble Extreme Deep Field
14/10/2012
Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647
14/09/2012
The Cat's Eye Nebula
26/08/2012
M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars
19/08/2012
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
12/08/2012
Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
29/07/2012
M16: Pillars of Creation
22/07/2012
Fifth Moon Discovered Orbiting Pluto
16/07/2012
Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
15/07/2012
21st Century M101
13/07/2012
APOD Turns 17
16/06/2012
Two New Hubble-Quality Telescopes Gifted to NASA
10/06/2012
Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending
04/06/2012
Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula
16/05/2012
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 from Hubble
13/05/2012